A Study to Analyze the Factors Affecting the Higher Education at Post Graduate Level in City Faisalabad

Abstract

Higher education plays an important role in the socio economic development of the country. The development of a country depends mainly on the standard of higher education. Development and prosperity of the country in this advanced world of technology depend upon the quality of higher education. The quality of the education is necessary to be maintained but there are many factors that influence the higher education which lead towards poor quality. There is need to improve the standards of higher education to compete the challenges of literacy,  improve the society as socially and economically, maintain the standards of higher education with international standards .The current study was conducted to explore the issues and challenges faced by students at higher level. A comprehensive questionnaire was designed to collect information from the respondents.  The population of the study was comprised of all M. Phil education students of University of Agriculture Faisalabad that was 255 in number. The sample size was determined by using online available software www.surveysystem.com with 95% confidence interval. The sample was selected conveniently that was 154. The data was analyzed through statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). For the purpose to derive conclusion and suggestions the statistical techniques like standard deviation, mean, weighted score, rank order were used to describe the data. Major findings of the research showed that different factors affected the higher education and factors for this research was calculated with the mean score and weighted score that are accepted and calculated with likert scale that was 3. Majority show their views that less income effecting the motivation and aims of students with the mean score 3.39 with 1.37 standard deviation. It is suggested that government should set high income reward for the higher education students in their professional fields.